2015 SBCC Women's Water Polo News

Season
WSC Player of the Year Mackenzie Richards averaged 13.5 saves in four playoff games. (Photo by Christine Foster)
Richards, Roth earn top honors from WSC

SBCC received top honors from the Western State Conference as goalie Mackenzie Richards was named Player of the Year in women’s water polo for the 2015 fall season and Chuckie Roth was the Coach of the Year.

Mackenzie Perez scored two goals in Friday's 8-5 loss in the So Cal Regional quarterfinals. (Photo by Dave Loveton)
No. 2 San Diego Mesa rallies past Vaqueros, 8-5

SBCC stormed out to a 4-0 first-quarter lead on Friday afternoon but No. 2 San Diego Mesa chipped away and then dominated the final period in an 8-5 victory in the Southern Cal Regional women’s water polo tournament at Mt. San Antonio College.

Coach Chuckie Roth talks to his team during a timeout. Kendra Carr (center, between the coaches) has 15 goals in her last three games. (Photo by Dave Loveton)
Carr scores 7 times in 10-5 Regional win

Kendra Carr tossed in a season-high seven goals on Thursday, leading SBCC to a 10-5 women’s water polo win over Palomar in the first round of the Southern Cal Regional at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut.

Vaqueros claim second straight WSC title, 10-8
Vaqueros claim second straight WSC title, 10-8

Kendra Carr scored three goals and Nicole Cosares tallied two goals and five steals on Saturday as SBCC edged L.A. Valley 10-8 to win its second straight WSC women’s water polo championship.

Freshman Kendra Carr scored five times in a 9-4 WSC semifinal win over Cuesta. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
Carr guides Vaqueros into WSC final, 9-4

Kendra Carr poured in five goals and SBCC played superior defense on Friday to beat Cuesta 9-4 in the WSC Women’s Water Polo Tournament semifinals at L.A. Valley College.

Lili Talkin, a freshman center from Cabrillo High in Lompoc, scored a season-high 5 goals in a 14-4 win over Hancock. (Photo by Christine Foster)
Vaqueros scare up three wins in Halloween Tournament

SBCC built halftime leads in all three women’s water polo games on Saturday in its Halloween Tournament at Santa Barbara High. The Vaqueros led Hancock 9-3 at the half and went on to capture the WSC morning contest 14-4.

Nicole Cosares, a freshman from Oakland, had a hat trick in the come-from-behind victory. (Photo by Christine Foster)
Fourth-quarter surge lifts Vaqueros over Ventura, 9-7

SBCC fell behind Ventura 4-1 in the second quarter and trailed 5-4 entering the fourth on Wednesday at San Marcos High before rallying for a 9-7 women’s water polo triumph. The Vaqueros (14-12, 5-1 WSC) outscored the visitors 5-1 in the final quarter.

Charissa Dorn, a freshman from Auburn, Wash., scored two goals against Long Beach. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
Vaqueros take eighth in Battle at the Beach

Six wasn’t enough for SBCC on Saturday as the Vaqueros dropped a pair of games on the final day of the Battle at the Beach women’s water polo tournament at Cerritos College. They lost a close 9-6 decision to San Diego Mesa in the morning and then fell to tournament host Long Beach, 13-6.

Addison Seale recorded a career-high 8 steals and 4 assists in a 7-3 win over Grossmont. (Photo by Christine Foster)
Vaqueros steal one from Grossmont, 7-3

SBCC had a season-high 18 steals in Friday’s opener of the Battle at the Beach women’s water polo tournament and downed Grossmont 7-3 at Cerritos College. The Vaqueros (13-10) played defending state champion Fullerton (20-2) in the afternoon and dropped a 14-5 decision.

Freshman Alex Fleischman scored two goals in a 10-6 victory that boosted the Vaqueros to 4-1 in WSC play. (Photo by Christine Foster)
Fast start carries Vaqueros past Pierce, 10-6

SBCC built a 9-1 halftime lead on Wednesday, then held off L.A. Pierce for a 10-6 WSC women’s water polo victory in Woodland Hills.

Sophomore Maddie Brooks scored 2 goals vs. Mt. SAC and had 4 steals in the Fullerton game. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
Vaqueros drop close one to Mt. SAC, finish 2-2 at Ventura Tourney

SBCC dropped a tight 10-8 game to powerhouse Mt. San Antonio on Saturday at the Ventura Tournament, then fell to defending state champ, Fullerton, 15-2.

Kendra Carr scored a season-high six goals vs. Cypress and has 19 in her last four games. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
Carr scores nine times in two wins at Ventura Tourney

Kendra Carr continued her offensive onslaught on Friday, scoring a season-high six goals in SBCC’s 7-6 women’s water polo win over Cypress and three more in a 15-3 rout of San Diego Miramar on the first day of the Ventura Tournament.

Freshman goalie Mackenzie Richards had a season-high 15 saves and 3 steals in the 14-5 victory. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
Vaqueros rout Cuesta 14-5 in key WSC contest

Kendra Carr poured in five goals for the second straight game and SBCC beat Cuesta 14-5 on Wednesday in a WSC women’s water polo game at San Marcos High.

Nicole Cosares had three goals, three steals and four drawn ejections in a 12-10 win over Cuesta. (Photo by Christine Foster)
Vaqueros take 2 close ones at Rabobank Tourney

SBCC built big first-half leads in a pair of women’s water polo games on Saturday at the Cuesta Rabobank Tournament, then held on for two victories.

Addison Seale scored four times in an 8-6 overtime win over Orange Coast. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
Vaqueros split on first day of Rabobank Tourney

Maddie Brooks scored on a breakaway to snap a 6-6 tie in the first overtime on Friday and SBCC went on to beat Orange Coast 8-6 on the first day of the Cuesta Rabobank Women’s Water Polo Tournament in San Luis Obispo.

Mackenzie Perez tossed in a season-high four goals in Wednesday's WSC game. (Photo by Dave Loveton)
Valley edges Vaqueros 12-11 in sudden-death heartbreaker

It took two overtimes and sudden death to decide Wednesday’s WSC women’s water polo showdown between conference leaders SBCC and L.A. Valley. After being tied 10-10 at the end of regulation, the Monarchs scored in the first OT and then in sudden death to edge the defending WSC champions 12-11 at Valley’s pool.